The more challenging this test is, ________

A teenager in Bosnia recently threatened to __________ her father with a hand grenade after he refused to return her mobile phone. 

This energy - …. bulb is not cheap. 

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

As well as being a necessary life-saving skill, swimming also (26)________us with a source of great pleasure and relaxation. Swimming, as well as other water sports like diving, surfing or just floating on your back, are some of the best ways to have (27)________and keep fit at the same time. Water sports are enjoyable for people of (28)________ages and even babies can learn to swim.

For elderly people or (29)________with physical handicaps, swimming provides gentle, yet effective exercise. Swimming for fitness and recreation has been popular (30) ________the earliest times, for instance in ancient Egypt, Greece and Roma. Swimming competitions developed in the nineteenth century and swimming races were (31)_______ in the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Now water sports are (32)________ all over the world and most towns have at least one swimming pool.

Most water sports - swimming, surfing and water-skiing, etc, take (33)________on the surface of the water, but scuba divers explore deep below the waves.

There they can find fascinating sea creatures and strange rockformations. Some archaeologists are divers. (34)________search the seabed for wrecks of ships sunk hundreds of years ago which (35)________ objects that show how people lived in ancient times.

(26)________

It's nothing to do with you, ___________!

Players who are skilled at several offensive or defensive roles are called_________ players

Scientists ________ in their opinions of how snow crystals originate.

One of the four period of time in which a game of American football is divided is known as a     ___.

Housework is ________ shared between them. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

English as we know today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1030.

He was away for two months but if he studies hard, I’m sure, he will soon __________ the group.

 I can’t hear every word in her lecture. I wish she would  ..............

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.

Alison bought the big house because she wanted to open a hotel.
 

Well, I think that the prices in BIG C supermarket are _______. 

__________ is the one that watches a game or match closely with the aim of ensuring that the rules are legally obeyed.

It ............. last night because the ground is really wet.

In England, primary education is provided by state schools run by the government and by _______ fee-paying schools.

The noise from the unruly fans celebrating their team’s victory didn’t __________ until early in the morning. 

They started, as _______ gatherings but they have become increasingly formalized in the last few years. 

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

Mamton Home Furnishings_________customized furniture in Pennsylvania for more than a century.

It took Martha three years to __________ "Clarissa", or, "The History of a Young Lady" by Samuel Richardson, as the book contains 1,536 pages.